Good Samaritan House Granite City

1825 Delmar
Granite City, IL 62040

(618) 876-0607 Visit Website

Class of Housing/Services: Shelter for Women, Transitional Housing For Women

General Information:
The Good Samaritan House enriches the lives of homeless women and children by supporting them in a loving Christian environment. While providing safe and temporrary housing, basic human needs and supportive services, the Good Samaritan House offers residents opportunities to enhance life skills, increase self-esteem and become self-sufficient. The Good Samaritan House (GSH) has ten rooms of emergency shelter available for single women with children. The maximum length of stay for each family is 90 days. In addition to temporary shelter families are provided with personal items, access to clothing, transportation and other supportive services. Providing a safe place to live is the primary function of the GSH Emergency Shelter. The length of stay for each resident is determined by:           1. Her willingness to live in the structure set forth in the Resident's Handbook.    2. Her openness and honesty.    3. Her willingness to eliminate destructive behaviors contributing to her homelessness.    4. Her ability and willingness to obtain or maintain employment, go to school and handle her money wisely. The Good Samaritan House Transitional Housing Program (THP) consists of nine units of single family dwellings that are rented from private landlords scattered throughout Madison County. Participants in the THP are selected from among families residing in a Madison County Shelter and who have exhibited the motivation and dedication to permanently change their lives and move from dependency to self-sufficiency. The duration of participation in the program is from 18 to 24 months with six months of follow up services after successful completion of the program.

Website: http://goodsamaritanhouse.org/

Helpful Definitions For Good Samaritan House Granite City:
Transitional housing is affordable supportive housing designed to provide housing and appropriate support services to persons who are homeless or who are close to homelessness. The transition is to help them be more self sufficient to move towards independent living on their own. Transitional housing locations are oftentimes called Halfway Houses. The naming of the two (Halfway House OR Transitional House) is oftentimes interchangeable.

Many Transitional Housing programs are subsidized and are income based. Income based transitional housing generally charges 30% of your income for rent when you do have income. Contact the transitional housing facility to see if this applies.

Services provided at transitional housing facilities varies from substance abuse treatment, to psychological assistance, job training, domestic violence assistance, etc. The assistance provided varies, but it is generally affordable and low cost housing. Read the descriptions of each of the transitional living locations for more detailed information. Transitional housing facilities also may or may not assist with alcohol and/or drug substance abuse treatment.

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